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Chapter 7: Insider Advantage

Wildcats center Scott Martins undoubtedly lost in the jump ball. Anger used his height and arm span to easily ramble the basketball to Mike Taylor. Martins, who was not tall, was not outstanding, and it was natural to lose to Anger. Although it was just a jump ball, he was very unhappy. Losing to this tall and thin Asian man made him feel embarrassed. He decided to deal with this black-headed guy in the subsequent games.

"I want you to see what American college basketball is about!" Martins cursed silently in his heart.

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Mike Taylor slowly pushed the ball near the three-point line, raising his hand to signal everyone to get in.

The 35-second rule for ncaa each attack gives the defenders a lot of benefits, which allows them to control the ball more calmly. Ba is unable to adapt to the reason, nBa's 24-second offensive time completely disrupts their ball control rhythm, resulting in most college star guards entering nBa and will only lose their glory.

But Mike Taylor is not a popular player in the draft. He doesn't think so much now, and he is only thinking about how to complete this first offense. While guarding against harassing the opponent's point guard, Mike Taylor is also observing the situation of Angel and Morris's position. The coach actually said that he played more inside, why not try the effect of the tactics at the beginning?

Angel leaned against Martins in the inside, but the No. 1 pick with an amazing arm span was on the pass route. If he passed the ball rashly, he might be cut by Beasley. Morris was harassed by the opponent and his position was not firmly needed. Taylor knew that the ball could not be easily fed into the inside as he was during training. He gave up the idea of ​​passing the ball directly, but raised his hand to ask for a high pick-and-roll.

When Anjie saw Taylor's gesture, he did not neglect. He almost got rid of his entanglement with Martins and ran to the near three-point line. Since Anjie had excellent mid-range shot ability, Ricard handed over all the pick-and-rolls mentioned at the high position to him.

He and Taylor had practiced this tactic countless times during training. Taylor started tacitly, and An Jie just hit the horse. In this way, the opponent's point guard was completely blocked by An Jie, and he didn't even notice that anyone had raised it.

Seeing this, Martins immediately raised his hands, blocked Taylor's shooting space and observed Taylor's posture ready to block his breakthrough route at any time. But Martins's feet were moving too slowly, Taylor easily added and broke through Martins. Beasley saw Mike Taylor suddenly heading to the basket, and without thinking, he threw Anthony. He chased Taylor. His choice was right, Anthony Ben's shooting ability was indeed his weakness.

Taylor hit the basket, and the opponent's No. 4 player was coming to make up for the defense in front. Beasley and Martins were chasing him relentlessly. He turned his head slightly and glanced at Anjie's position with his own light. After that, Taylor's mouth slightly raised and he threw the ball into the air.

"You're thinking too simple!" Beasley jumped with all his might, preparing to stage a wonderful chase. But the basketball did not fly towards the basket, but flew vertically into the air. Beasley's center of gravity was all forward, and naturally rushed into the air.

"What's the situation? Which layup is like?" Beasley was puzzled. Such a layup mistake was too amateur.

Of course, this is not a layup mistake from Mike Taylor. When the basketball flew to the highest point and was about to fall, Yi stretched out his hands from behind to get the ball, and dunked the ball towards the basket.

"o!!!!" The audience could not hear anything except the cheers and awesomeness of the fans.

Air relay! Just as the game started, the Tornado completed their first offense in a high profile.

The Wildcats thought the yellow-skinned guy too simply, and they all thought that the team's main attack point was Mike Taylor, the most experienced one. The Wildcats paid the price for their wrong estimate!

It turned out that after giving Mike Taylor a pick-and-roll, Anjie was still actively following up, and did not stand outside passively because he had the ability to shoot. After Taylor attracted the defense of three opponents, the only one who chased Anjie was the Wildcats' point guard. But he didn't follow Anjie too seriously because he felt that Taylor would definitely make a layup directly. Anjie ran in just to be ready to fight for rebounds.

Mike Taylor made a false layup move as the Wildcats wished, but the purpose was not to directly score. He knew that his height was at a disadvantage, and if he chose to make a layup, he would likely be blocked by Beasley, who was chasing back. Therefore, he just used the layup move to deceive the defenders, and the purpose was to throw the ball into the air. Taylor glanced backwards during the breakthrough, and knew that someone would come to complete the score for him later.

Sure enough, before everyone could react, An Jie, who followed, suddenly rose up from the ground. He grabbed the ball in the air with both hands and dunked it to the basket with great force. The force made the entire basketball stand tremble. After An Jie landed, he changed his usual modesty and gentle personality and shouted at the audience! His momentum and performance deeply conquered the hearts of the fans. As the fans shouted enthusiastically, the entire gymnasium trembled!

"Beautiful job!" Mike Taylor and Angel clapped tacitly, smiling.

"Martins! What are you doing? His yellow skin and height are not eye-catching enough!? Watch him well!" Off the court, the Wildcats head coach yelled at Martins with dissatisfaction. The Wildcats players on the court couldn't say anything, especially Beasley, who was incredibly glorious before the game. He became a joker who was teased in this defense. The opponent completed the air relay on the first offense, and the guy who showed the limelight was still the guy who was not as good as their skin color.

"This is my game, mine!" Beasley directly asked for the baseline ball, ignoring his dissatisfied gaze of the point guard. After getting the ball, he led the ball through the half, ready to avenge his previous shame.

"Pull it all out!" Beasley yi gesturing while controlling the ball, signaling her teammates to give up a message to him. The rest of the Wildcats knew Beasley's ability, and obediently followed the instructions to empty the middle area.

Anthony Ben just touched the three-point line in Belgium, and he stuck it up without reservation. Ben kept interfering with Beasley's dribbling and disrupting his ball control rhythm. Beasley wanted to make a forced breakthrough with his body, but found that this unknown guy was almost as strong as he was. Ricard had already been accurate, Anthony Ben's explosive body could allow him to defend anyone who was invaded.

But Beasley is the candidate for the nBa draft No. 1 pick after all. If he is strangled so easily, the nBa draft No. 1 pick will be too valuable.

Seeing that he could not make any breakthroughs easily, Beasley took two steps back and distanced himself from Ben. Ben strictly followed Ricard's instructions and did not let him go. Just as Anthony Ben moved his center of gravity forward towards Beasley, Beasley suddenly activated without warning! Ben only felt that the gust of wind had passed by him, and knew in his mind that he had to stop the guy, but he couldn't react on his legs.

Michael Beasley forced his way through Anthony Ben! Ben did not give up and quickly turned around and chased Beasley. Morris was the second barrier to defend Beasley, but he was stuck in the position by the opponent and could not move.

Just as Ricard arranged, Anjie ignored Martins who pulled out to make room for Bisley to attack. He was waiting for people to come in near the three-second zone. Seeing Bisley getting closer and closer to him, Anjie was ready.

In the blink of an eye, Beasley broke through to the basket. He ignored Anjie who was defending the basket and took the ball with both hands to jump directly to dunk. Anjie didn't expect Beasley to be so fast, nor did he expect Beasley to be so bold. He jumped up in a hurry to complete the block. However, Beasley's bounce and bounce height were much better than Anjie. His dunk height made him almost parallel to the basket!

After Anjie jumped from the side, he rose to halfway through the ball, and Beasley had already completed the dunk from the front and hung it on the basket.

"Oh my God, this game was so exciting! Just a round trip, we were already excited! The first attack of both sides was completed very well! Michael Beasley! What a terrifying bounce height!" The commentator on the scene was amazed at the performance of both sides just now.

"If someone just turned on the TV and felt that the game between these two teams was unattractive, then you would regret it after missing it!"

"Don't think that if you pick up a hole, you will be dominating the game. I won't be ruthless because you are a foreigner!" After the dunk, Beasley did not forget to "seriously warn" An Jiechu, and at the same time, what is disgusting is Beasley's natural disdainful look.

Angel didn't even say anything provocative, but he had already aroused hostility from Martins and Beasley at the same time.

"Don't pay attention to that boy. We will continue to play in the inside!" Morris came over and patted Anjie. The ball was really so athletic, and Anjie had tried his best to defend.

"Don't worry, what I fear most is that guy is silent. If he loses his due calmness, he will only suffer!" An Jie looked at Beasley disapproved. Is the candidate for the No. 1 pick? Today we are here to make things difficult for your No. 1 pick!

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Angel leaned against Martins again and reached for the ball. This time Beasley was pulled to the bottom corner by Ben, so Taylor easily hanged the ball into the penalty area.

Anjie steadily caught the incoming ball on the left side of the penalty area, and then began to push it back hard. Martins gritted his teeth and persevered, marveling at the fact that the thin Oriental man contained such a great power. Of course, he didn't know that when he was leisurely in the nightclub with his friends every night, Anjie locked himself in the gymnasium for crazy training. In the end, Martins still couldn't resist and he took a little back two steps.

Seeing that An Jie had won the space to turn, he immediately turned toward the bottom line with his right foot as the axis, looking at the action, he was preparing to pick the basket directly.

Just now, this guy completed the air relay on his head, which made him scolded by the coach off the field. Martins is now full of anger, and he tried his best to defend the ball! Seeing that An Jie was about to take action, he jumped up without thinking.

"Damn it!" But when Martins jumped up, he realized that Anjie's feet were still standing steadily on the ground. The basketball that seemed to be ready to take action was also taken back by Anjie. Anjie turned his body to another side, and a simple step deceived Martins who had lost his calmness.

Martins was very unwilling to let An Jie score as he wished. He was shaken and still in the air, but he actually reached out to interfere with him, intending to stop An Jie, but the palm slapped An Jie's arm hard. But the basketball still took action, and An Jie's soft touch still made him pick the ball into the basket.

"Boom!" As the basketball judge entered the verdict, the whistle at his mouth was blew, and the sharp whistle seemed very harsh in the noisy basketball court! Martins knew that he had messed up this matter.

"Two plus yi! Yi was obviously a foul, and the referee did a good job. Hoho, where did this magical big man come from? To be honest, how many centers are there who will use their steps at the basket now? I haven't seen the scene of using their steps to shake off the opponent in the inside line like that, anyway, I haven't seen it for a long time." Paul Philips, a commentator of the local TV station in Ames, praised Angel without hesitation.

"What I'm even more curious is why Martins was shaken up after just using a simple fake move. Maybe he faced too many centers who only knew how to use his body, which led to his regression in his most basic judgment ability! Did you see Michael Beasley's reaction? He just shook his head without any concealment and expressed his disappointment with Martins!" The commentator named Bill sang to Philips, not only praised Anger, who performed well, but also demeaned Martins who had a hot brain. Finally, he did not forget to mention Michael Beasley, the focus character. The two of them were really experienced.

On the court, Anjie steadily made the free throw, and he took care of the first five points the Tornado team scored after the start. At this moment, Ricard's intention has been exposed, just to play against your weak inside line!

Wildcats coach Rick Chlisbon thought that the generals of the Tornado team would not bring any difficulties to his team, but now it seems that at least the yellow-skinned tall center will give him a headache. Of course, he knows how much his team's inside line is, but he didn't expect that a mere Tornado team could bring him trouble.

In the subsequent games, Beasley still occupied a lot of ball rights, and indeed showed his all-round scoring skills and strong athletic ability. Anthony Ben and Morris have worked very hard, but Beasley's offensive methods are too rich. Not only can the shooting range be extended to the three-point line, but the back-on singles in the inside are not weak at all. The only problem with him is that except for the situation of no way out, he hardly shares the ball rights with his teammates.

On the Tornado side, Mike Taylor still managed the offense in an orderly manner. Morris finally found a breakthrough in the inside and completed several beautiful attacks.

As for Anjie's situation, poor Martins seemed a little helpless in the face of Anjie's skillful back-to-body skills. Anjie already has a height advantage, and Martins' behavior became increasingly frivolous because he wanted to prove himself quickly, which made Anjie's offensive play more and more smoothly.

In this way, the game went through nine minutes and both sides began to send substitutes to rotate. When Anger was replaced by Asakin by Ricard, he had already scored 9 points and 5 rebounds from four of five shots. At this moment, the score on the court was yi8 to yi5, and the Tornado team was still three points behind Beasley's strong attack power.

The staff handed An Jie water and towels, and the other players took this for granted. Only An Jie kept saying thank you to the staff. After playing the ball, someone gave water and towels. It was very good to treat the wild court in China. Because of this, An Jie still seemed a little uncomfortable with the thoughtful service of the staff. He was always a child who grew up in China.

Ricard was still standing on the sidelines to direct the game. He didn't have time to come over and say something to the players who just left the court. The situation is much more difficult now than it was.

When the Tornado players left the court, Beasley of the Wildcats was still on the court. If even Anthony Ben and Morris had no choice but to be with Beasley, then Walter Sharp and CJ Fords, who came on the bench, would let Beasley bully.

"He has always been the best college student player in the whole United States." Ricard had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, and could only accept this fact.

With five minutes left before the end of the first half, Rick Chris finally took Beasley. At this time, the score had become 4o to 32, and the difference behind the Wildcats was almost running towards double digits.

"Finally waited!" Ricard immediately called for a timeout after seeing Beasley go down. In the next five minutes, if you follow the arrangement.

"The situation on the court is very unfavorable to the Tornados. There are still five minutes left before the end of the first half, and the momentum is all on the Wildcats. Coach Ricard is still very wise and does not wait until the gap is further widened before it is called a timeout. He should remind his young man what defense is. Before the first half, they allowed the Wildcats to get 40 points. Beasley did whatever he wanted on the court. Let's take a look at his data.

God, Beasley scored 9 points and 7 rebounds in the first half alone! This was almost half of the Wildcats' score, with 3 of 5 three-pointers, and don't forget that this was the data obtained without the end of the first half! I bet that the name that coach Ricard said the most is Michael Beasley." During the suspension period, Paul Philips was also talking nonstop, without rest.

"Tell me Anjie, what have we practiced the most during this period?" Unlike everyone's imagination, Ricardy didn't mention Beasley at all.

"Ah?" Anjie was not prepared for the head coach's sudden question. "Hmm...run?"

"Yes! The one we practice the most is running! Now, look at them! Beasley was overdrawn in the first half, and the others were not much better." Ricard pointed to the other side of the stadium.

The players looked at the Wildcats' bench. Indeed, everyone on the other side was sweating and panting.

"Your hard-working defense now shows rewards! They have been exhausted in the confrontation with you."

"And we are in good condition!" Morris continued to say Ricard.

"Yes! The physical training you worked hard to complete is now time to bring you some rewards! Our physical reserves are much better than theirs, so we take the initiative to find physical confrontation in defense, and speed up the pace and timing of running on offense! We must bring back the downward trend before the end of the first half! All five people will come on the court first, catch them off guard, and drag them down for me!" Ricard waved his hand, and the time-out was just over.

Everyone thought Beasley had taken over the game, and even he thought so. But from the remaining five minutes, the Wild Cats had just fallen into a violent whirlwind.
Chapter completed!
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